Did Ansett or TAA have an F27 simulator
When I started in 1980, TAA had a "live" procedures trainer at the aircraft type engineering building at Tullamarine that comprised the cockpit instrument panels for practicing drills and engine starts.
Probably not true, but it was rumoured that some of it and other various air-frame bits and pieces used for demonstration during the course, came from the unfortunate crash at Mackay.
We were then given "synthetic flight training" in the "Constellation" procedures trainer at Essendon as mentioned above. I remember that the left side was set up with a panel similar to that on the jets - the old Colins Flight Director, etc., while the right side was set up as per the Mark 1 F-27, including the dreaded C2 compass.
In addition, in Brisbane, we had a Link Trainer ran by George, a charming guy who use to watch us make crazy patterns on his big plot board every six months. I think it was initially some sort of a military link trainer based on the Vampire or suchlike because, George made us fly it with the speed brake out to keep the speed down to F-27 numbers. Usually, he fell asleep during our IR Test, so we would slip the speed brake in, accelerate to 360 kts or any other number divisible by 6 and do our DME homings and the NDB to save a bit of time.
I guess when the F-27 left the fleet a few years later they were disposed of.
Probably not true, but it was rumoured that some of it and other various air-frame bits and pieces used for demonstration during the course, came from the unfortunate crash at Mackay.
We were then given "synthetic flight training" in the "Constellation" procedures trainer at Essendon as mentioned above. I remember that the left side was set up with a panel similar to that on the jets - the old Colins Flight Director, etc., while the right side was set up as per the Mark 1 F-27, including the dreaded C2 compass.
In addition, in Brisbane, we had a Link Trainer ran by George, a charming guy who use to watch us make crazy patterns on his big plot board every six months. I think it was initially some sort of a military link trainer based on the Vampire or suchlike because, George made us fly it with the speed brake out to keep the speed down to F-27 numbers. Usually, he fell asleep during our IR Test, so we would slip the speed brake in, accelerate to 360 kts or any other number divisible by 6 and do our DME homings and the NDB to save a bit of time.
I guess when the F-27 left the fleet a few years later they were disposed of.
